Desperate times, they say, call for desperate measures. With the upcoming civic elections becoming a prestige fight and deemed the penultimate battle before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the two rival Shiv Sena factions are outdoing each other to woo Dalit groups.
So, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction is working on an alliance with Prakash Ambedkar, chief of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) and grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, while the breakaway Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) under Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has tied up with the Peoples Republican Party (PRP) led by former Lok Sabha MP Jogendra Kawade. The BJP, the senior ally of the BSS, is already in an
